Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Friendships are discovered rather than made.

When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.

The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.

Self respect is impossible without liberty.

It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.

Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

I b’lieve in religion, and one of these days, when I’ve got matters tight and snug, I calculates to tend to my soul.